Links for you. Science:

Identification of medication–microbiome interactions that affect gut infection
The Pacemaker of Progress: Why Scientists Need Your Tax Dollar
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible
Genomic language models (gLMs) decode bacterial genomes for improved gene prediction and translation initiation site identification
A million veterans gave DNA for medical research. Now the data is in limbo
Promoters of Unproven COVID Lab Leak Narratives Join NIH. Virologists expressed concern over under-qualified ideologues joining Director Bhattacharya.

Other:

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
The Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal
Fascism For First Time Founders
A developer promised a supermarket for a new neighborhood. Now it can’t deliver.
Why Are So Many Democrats Dying To Stay In Congress?
D.C. Ward 8 voters return indicted Trayon White to office after expulsion (this is where ranked choice voting would have led to a better and different outcome)
When Do You Need to Quit Your Job?
What Enrages Dash Sulzberger
Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE
Strangelove in the Middle East – or how the markets learned to stop worrying and love Israel’s rampage.
Coffee Break: Elon Musk to Squeeze Tesla Shareholders to Juice xAI?
Nobody (Not Even Trump) Can Control the Epstein Story
The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along.
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water
Keeping up appearances
Ludic’s Guide To Getting Software Engineering Jobs
‘Liberals were right’: Far-right Trump ally calls MAGA ‘biggest scam in history’ (he’s losing the Nazis…)
The Astronomer CEO’s Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia
Trump wants cane sugar in Coke—at the expense of corn country
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
Democratic senators are fed up with GOP colleagues’ bullsh-t
National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom
Meet the Disaster Capitalists Behind Alligator Alcatraz. Incompetent and militarized ‘emergency response’ is on track to be a trillion-dollar industry by the end of Trump’s second term.
You won’t believe the latest evidence of Trump’s brain rot
If You Want to Keep Epstein out of the News, Maybe Don’t Fire the Person Who Prosecuted Him
LGBTQ+ suicide hotline goes dark
Unpacking the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s rejection of congressional redistricting lawsuits (utter betrayal of Democratic small donors; makes me reconsider Ben Wikler’s supposed awesomeness)
Virginia Republican admits Trump is an albatross around her neck (“[Spanberger] was throwing that on the left and right,” Earle-Sears said at a Virginia Beach event in June. “Just DOGE, DOGE, DOGE, DOGE and Trump and DOGE and Trump. And so then I started down six points. Dropped me six points in January.”)
National Urban League Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for Black America in 2025 Report